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Hey, so I have a yearling ND doe (see my avatar for my favorite pic of her) who we want to breed soon. She is technically just barely breeding weight, but I was hoping to get her a bit before I let her breed. Unfortunately we don't have a lot of forage for them, and I thought that might be one...

Breeding season is here! Lots of my does are in with my buck except for one. She kidded a little later this year, and lactation really got her thin. She's very healthy otherwise. Anyways, I don't want her bred until she's looking better and thicker... So I'm curious, what's the quickest way to...

While attempting to add a new goat to our herd, we went to pick up our new doe and quickly realized she was not being fed properly. She had very little forage, limited access to hay, and no other feed. Loose minerals were allegedly available to her. Her spine, hips, and ribs are defined and...

Hello all, I have just started my life with goats yesterday! Love them already, they are too sweet! I have three boys, I got them at the Mt. Hope auction (Ohio). They are all different sizes, all are weaned and eating hay and grain. Our little guy, named El, is pretty small. He is only 19 lbs...

Hi, I have a 3wk5d old alpine buckling who weighs 18.9 pounds and is 17.5" at the withers. I'm not concerned about growth rate, because that seems fine (.51lb ADG over the past 2 weeks), but I am concerned that this little guy might be stunted because he was a twin and his brother was...

I have a Boer goat that gave birth 5 weeks ago to triplets. 2 were still born and one healthy. Since then I haven’t been able to put weight back on her. She’s eating hay and grain. I called the vet and told him she wasn’t gaining weight and she had white cloudy mucus coming from her vagina, he...

Hello goat friends! We're into our 4th year of raising Lamanchas, and this past fall finally bought a fine buckling to service our does and hopefully improve our stock. The wet summer last year didn't produce great hay, but we have some that is of fair quality- the main deficiency is the low 11%...

I am new to goats and have 2 - 1 year old Nigerian Dwarf does (with horns) and 2 - 3 1/2 mo. old Nubian wethers (debudded). I separate the young boys from the girls at night because the older goats can get aggressive with their horns. During the day, we have a large fenced in area where they...

my daughter (13) bought a 1 1/2week old dwarf nigerian male on 7/14. We went by the amish and picked up goat milk went and bought some pritcherd nipples and were doing well, you know the little thing is living in her room in a playpen. we are looking for some answers and are having a really hard...

Does anyone have anything they put on their goats feed to help them gain weight? Ive done a couple different drenches but they are complicated. Anything i can put with his feed to help him gain?

I keep getting told my goats are fat. Thoughts? They are almost 1 yr old. They are wethers. They are Michigan goats, so they have thick wooly coats. Maybe an extra layer of fat? They get 1 cup each of Noble Goat 2x per day and free choice grass hay. Alfalfa cubes 1-2 times per week. Not...

My 2 Lamancha doelings from 2 different farms. The little white one is (supposedly) 5 months old and the bigger one is 4 months old. The bigger one is 1/4 Nubian, but I dont think this accounts for the incredible size difference. I havent weighed the big one I assume she weighs 50+ pounds, but...

Hi my names mandy, I have owned goats for 6 years. When kidding season comes and I get cute babies everywhere I have always left them with their mom's. The only exception was if she wasn't producing enough milk that first couple days then I would bottle feed till mom could do it by herself. Well...

So my mother and I rent land from a farmer to run our horse and goat business. The man who owns the land also has Hereford cows who go out in the field in the summer and eat grass during that time. I don't have any problems with this I love cows, and they're all very welcoming to both the people...

We just had our 30 goats dewormed, but they all look super thin. Is there anything I can do to help them gain back all that weight? I'm trying to make sure they get fed more often, but my boss/the owner only wants them to be fed twice a week with grain. They have hay and grass constantly...

So I got the new goats and the lady at the animal rescue didn't know how old they are, she thought that Zero, the Pygmy buck, was a little bit over a year But he is a little bit smaller than my 8 month old Pygmy buckling Terry. SO I thought she was wrong? Unless he's just a runt and Terry's big...

I read on Fias Co Farm that 8 months or 80 pounds was when you're able to breed. My girls are Mini Alpine/Nigerian/Pygmy so they are much smaller than that. What is the breeding age/weight for them? The buck they will be bred to is smaller than them and a bit younger.